QUETTA – The Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Friday ordered that all theFIRs registered against PTI Senator Azam Swati for his controversial tweetsagainst senior military officers be quashed.
The BHC issued the orders on a petition filed by the senator’s son againstthe registration of the cases in Balochistan.
Five FIRs were registered in Balochistan against Azam Swati for hiscontroversial tweets against senior military officers. The FIRs wereregistered against the PTI leader in Kuchlak, Hub, Zhob, and two otherareas of the province.
The Balochistan police had arrested the PTI senator last week fromIslamabad and he was in their custody after a local court in Quettaapproved the law enforcement agency’s request for a physical remand.
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At the time of his arrest, the senator was already on judicial remand inRawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, following his detention for a second time in thecase of a controversial tweet on November 27. He was then shifted to Quettaunder a transit remand acquired by the police.
Swati was booked in multiple cases across the country for his controversialtweets against military officials.
